Our Poverty, God's Dwelling Place
Submitted by Ford Prefect on August 20 2000 20:42:19
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This puts the loneliness each of us experiences in (for me) a new perspective. From Bread for the Journey by Henri Nouwen: How can we embrace poverty as a way to God when everyone around us wants to become rich? Poverty has many forms. We have to ask ourselves, "What is my poverty?" Is it lack of money, lack of emotional stability, lack of a loving partner, lack of security, lack of safety, lack of self-confidence? Each human being has a place of poverty. That's the place where God wants to dwell! "How blessed are the poor," (Matthew 5:3) Jesus says. This means our blessing is hidden in our poverty. We are so inclined to cover up our poverty and ignore it that we often miss the opportunity to discover God, who dwells in it. Let's dare to see our poverty as the land in which our treasure is hidden. |
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